Clinical features, complications, and outcome in adults with pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective case series
Weisfelt M;van de Beek D;Spanjaard L;Reitsma JB;de Gans J;;
the lancet neurology2006Vol. 5pp. -
311
m2006theclinical
Abstract
Pneumococcal meningitis is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates in adults. Whereas neurological complications are the leading cause of death in younger patients, elderly patients die predominantly from systemic complications.